Huáng Dì yuē: jīng mài shí èr, ér shǒu tài yīn, zú shào yīn yáng míng, dú dòng bù xiū, hé yě?
黄帝说：十二经脉之中，唯独手太阴、足少阴、足阳明三经的脉动不停，这是为什么？
The Yellow Emperor said: Of the twelve channels, only the hand taiyin, the foot shaoyin, and the foot yangming move without rest. Why is that?
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歧伯曰：是明，胃脉也。胃爲五藏六府之海，其清氣上注于肺，肺氣從太陰而行之，其行也，以息徃來，故人一呼脉再動，一吸脉亦再動，呼吸不已，故動而不止。
歧伯曰：是明，胃脉也。胃为五藏六府之海，其清气上注于肺，肺气从太阴而行之，其行也，以息往来，故人一呼脉再动，一吸脉亦再动，呼吸不已，故动而不止。 Qí Bó yuē: shì míng, wèi mài yě. wèi wéi wǔ zàng liù fǔ zhī hǎi, qí qīng qì shàng zhù yú fèi, fèi qì cóng tài yīn ér xíng zhī, qí xíng yě, yǐ xī wǎng lái, gù rén yī hū mài zài dòng, yī xī mài yì zài dòng, hū xī bù yǐ, gù dòng ér bù zhǐ.
岐伯说：这是显明的征验，那是胃脉。胃是五脏六腑之海，它的清气上注于肺，肺气沿着太阴经运行，运行随着呼吸往来，所以人一呼脉跳动两次，一吸脉也跳动两次，呼吸不停，所以脉动不止。
Qi Bo said: This is the clear evidence — it is the stomach channel. The stomach is the sea of the five viscera and six bowels; its clear qi flows upward to the lungs, and the lung qi moves along the taiyin. Its movement goes with the breath, so that with one exhalation the pulse beats twice, and with one inhalation it beats twice again. Breathing does not stop, and therefore the movement does not stop.
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黃帝曰：氣之過于寸口也，上十焉息？下八焉伏？何道從還？不知其極。
黄帝曰：气之过于寸口也，上十焉息？下八焉伏？何道从还？不知其极。 Huáng Dì yuē: qì zhī guò yú cùn kǒu yě, shàng shí yān xī? xià bā yān fú? hé dào cóng hái? bù zhī qí jí.
黄帝说：气经过寸口的时候，上出十分之几而息，下入十分之几而伏？从哪条道路返回？不知道它的究竟。
The Emperor said: When the qi passes the inch opening, how much of it rises and rests above, and how much sinks and hides below? By what road does it return? I do not know its limit.
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歧伯曰：氣之離藏也，卒然如弓弩之發，如水之下岸，上于魚以反衰，其餘氣衰散以逆上，故其行微。
歧伯曰：气之离藏也，卒然如弓弩之发，如水之下岸，上于鱼以反衰，其余气衰散以逆上，故其行微。 Qí Bó yuē: qì zhī lí zàng yě, cù rán rú gōng nǔ zhī fā, rú shuǐ zhī xià àn, shàng yú yú yǐ fǎn shuāi, qí yú qì shuāi sàn yǐ nì shàng, gù qí xíng wēi.
岐伯说：气离开脏府的时候，突然像弓弩发射，像水冲下河岸，上行到鱼际就反而衰微，其余的气衰散而逆上，所以它的运行微弱。
Qi Bo said: When the qi leaves the viscera, it comes suddenly like an arrow from a crossbow, like water falling over a bank. It rises to the fish border and there declines, and the remaining qi scatters and flows backward upward; that is why its movement is faint.
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黃帝曰：足之陽明，何因而動？
黄帝曰：足之阳明，何因而动？ Huáng Dì yuē: zú zhī yáng míng, hé yīn ér dòng?
黄帝说：足阳明为什么跳动？
The Emperor said: Why does the foot yangming move?
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歧伯曰：胃氣上注于肺，其悍氣上衝頭者，循咽上走空竅，循眼系，入絡腦，出顑，下客主人，循牙車，合陽明，并下人迎，此胃氣别走于陽明者也。
歧伯曰：胃气上注于肺，其悍气上冲头者，循咽上走空窍，循眼系，入络脑，出顑，下客主人，循牙车，合阳明，并下人迎，此胃气别走于阳明者也。 Qí Bó yuē: wèi qì shàng zhù yú fèi, qí hàn qì shàng chōng tóu zhě, xún yān shàng zǒu kōng qiào, xún yǎn xì, rù luò nǎo, chū kǎn, xià kè zhǔ rén, xún yá chē, hé yáng míng, bìng xià rén yíng, cǐ wèi qì bié zǒu yú yáng míng zhě yě.
岐伯说：胃气上注于肺，其中彪悍之气上冲头部的，沿着咽上行进入空窍，沿着眼系入络于脑，出于顑部，下行到客主人，沿着牙车，合于阳明，一并下行人迎，这是胃气别走于阳明的一支。
Qi Bo said: The stomach qi flows upward to the lungs. Its fierce qi, which rushes up to the head, follows the throat up into the empty orifices, follows the eye system into the brain, emerges at the cheek, descends to Kezhuren, follows the jaw cart, joins the yangming, and goes down together to Renying. This is the stomach qi that branches away into the yangming.
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故陰陽上下，其動也若一。故陽病而陽脉小者爲逆，陰病而陰脉大者爲逆，故陰陽俱靜俱動，若引繩相傾者病。
故阴阳上下，其动也若一。故阳病而阳脉小者为逆，阴病而阴脉大者为逆，故阴阳俱静俱动，若引绳相倾者病。 gù yīn yáng shàng xià, qí dòng yě ruò yī. gù yáng bìng ér yáng mài xiǎo zhě wéi nì, yīn bìng ér yīn mài dà zhě wéi nì, gù yīn yáng jù jìng jù dòng, ruò yǐn shéng xiāng qīng zhě bìng.
所以阴阳上下，它们的搏动是一样的。所以阳病而阳脉反小是逆，阴病而阴脉反大也是逆，所以阴阳俱静或俱动，像牵绳一样彼此相倾的，就是病。
Thus above and below, yin and yang, their movement is as one. When the disease is yang and the yang pulse is small, that is a counterflow; when the disease is yin and the yin pulse is large, that is also a counterflow. When yin and yang are both still or both moving, like a rope drawn tight and leaning to one side, there is disease.
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黃帝曰：足少陰何因而動？
黄帝曰：足少阴何因而动？ Huáng Dì yuē: zú shào yīn hé yīn ér dòng?
黄帝说：足少阴为什么跳动？
The Emperor said: Why does the foot shaoyin move?
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歧伯曰：衝脉者，十二經之海也，與少陰之大絡，起于腎下，出于氣街，循陰股内廉，邪入膕中，循脛骨内廉，並少陰之經，下入内踝之後，入足下。
歧伯曰：冲脉者，十二经之海也，与少阴之大络，起于肾下，出于气街，循阴股内廉，邪入腘中，循胫骨内廉，并少阴之经，下入内踝之后，入足下。 Qí Bó yuē: chōng mài zhě, shí èr jīng zhī hǎi yě, yǔ shào yīn zhī dà luò, qǐ yú shèn xià, chū yú qì jiē, xún yīn gǔ nèi lián, xié rù guó zhōng, xún jìng gǔ nèi lián, bìng shào yīn zhī jīng, xià rù nèi huái zhī hòu, rù zú xià.
岐伯说：冲脉是十二经之海，与少阴的大络起于肾下，出于气街，沿着阴股内侧，斜入腘中，沿着胫骨内侧，并着少阴经，下入内踝之后，进入足下。
Qi Bo said: The penetrating vessel is the sea of the twelve channels. With the great network of the shaoyin it rises below the kidney, emerges at the qi street, follows the inner side of the yin thigh, enters obliquely into the hollow of the knee, follows the inner side of the shin bone, runs alongside the shaoyin channel, descends behind the inner ankle, and enters the sole of the foot.
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其别者，邪入踝，出屬跗上，入大指之間，注諸絡以温足脛，此脉之常動者也。
其别者，邪入踝，出属跗上，入大指之间，注诸络以温足胫，此脉之常动者也。
qí bié zhě, xié rù huái, chū shǔ fū shàng, rù dà zhǐ zhī jiān, zhù zhū luò yǐ wēn zú jìng, cǐ mài zhī cháng dòng zhě yě.
它的别支，斜入踝部，出而连属跗上，进入大趾之间，灌注诸络以温养足胫，这是脉经常搏动的地方。
Its branch enters obliquely at the ankle, emerges and attaches above the instep, enters between the big toes, and pours into the networks to warm the leg and shin. This is the vessel that constantly moves.
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黃帝曰：營衛之行也，上下相貫，如環之無端，今有其卒然遇邪氣，及逢大寒，手足懈惰，其脉陰陽之道，相輸之會，行相失也，氣何由還？
黄帝曰：营卫之行也，上下相贯，如环之无端，今有其卒然遇邪气，及逢大寒，手足懈惰，其脉阴阳之道，相输之会，行相失也，气何由还？ Huáng Dì yuē: yíng wèi zhī xíng yě, shàng xià xiāng guàn, rú huán zhī wú duān, jīn yǒu qí cù rán yù xié qì, jí féng dà hán, shǒu zú xiè duò, qí mài yīn yáng zhī dào, xiāng shū zhī huì, xíng xiāng shī yě, qì hé yóu hái?
黄帝说：营卫的运行，上下相贯，像圆环一样没有端点，现在有人突然遇到邪气，或者碰上大寒，手足懈怠无力，脉的阴阳之道、相互输注的会合之处，运行失常，气从哪里返回？
The Emperor said: The course of nutritive and guarding qi runs above and below in a single thread, like a ring without end. Now when someone suddenly meets evil qi, or encounters great cold, his hands and feet grow slack, and the yin-yang roads of the vessels, the meeting places where they transport into one another, lose their order. By what route does the qi return?
Qí Bó yuē: fū sì mò yīn yáng zhī huì zhě, cǐ qì zhī dà luò yě. sì jiē zhě, qì zhī jìng lù yě. gù luò jué zé jìng tōng, sì mò jiě zé qì cóng hé, xiāng shū rú huán.
岐伯说：四肢末端是阴阳会合的地方，是气的大络。四街是气的径路。所以络脉阻绝则径路通畅，四肢舒解则气从会合处相合，输注如环。
Qi Bo said: The meeting of yin and yang at the four extremities — these are the great networks of qi. The four streets are the direct roads of qi. Hence when the networks are cut, the direct roads run; when the four extremities are released, the qi joins again from its meeting places, and transport goes on like a ring.
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黃帝曰：善。此所謂如環無端，莫知其紀，終而復始，此之謂也。
黄帝曰：善。此所谓如环无端，莫知其纪，终而复始，此之谓也。
Huáng Dì yuē: shàn. cǐ suǒ wèi rú huán wú duān, mò zhī qí jì, zhōng ér fù shǐ, cǐ zhī wèi yě.
黄帝说：好。这就是所谓如环无端，不知其纪，终而复始，说的就是这个道理。
The Emperor said: Good. This is what is meant by the saying that it is like a ring without end, that no one knows its order, and that it ends only to begin again.